Pro-Abortion Presidential Candidates Concealing Abortion Position from Spanish Voters

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Spanish-language campaign websites for Democratic Presidential candidates Rep. Dick Gephardt and Senator Joseph Lieberman fail to mention their pro-abortion stand.  While campaign representatives are suggesting the omissions are a result of not-yet-completed translations, pro-life leaders are questioning the motives behind the omissions.  The English-language site for Gephardt, lists the “Right to Choose” as one of the categories in the “issues” section and also links to a January speech by Gephardt entitled, “One thing must be certain: The freedom to choose.” A survey of the Presidential candidates’ websites by the Columbia Daily Tribune reveals also that Lieberman’s Spanish site also fails to mention his pro-abortion stand. However, the Spanish sites for John Kerry, Howard Dean and Bob Graham all note their pro-abortion stands.  Cathleen Cleaver, Director of Planning and Information for the Pro-Life Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, commented to LifeSiteNews.com, “In the last federal election here in fall 2002 it was very clear that holding a pro-life position is an asset for a candidate and holding a pro-abortion position is not.  Now we are seeing people that are avowed pro-choice trying to hide their pro-choice stance from a population that is overwhelmingly pro-life.”  Spokespersons for both Gephardt and Lieberman attempted to excuse the absent information by suggesting difficulties and delays with translations were the cause. “They say they are not hiding it but they were able to translate everything else,” said Cleaver.  She recalled the January gathering of all the Democratic Presidential candidates at the rally for the National Abortion Rights Action League noting that she had a photo of the candidates at the event.  “That photo will come back to haunt them,” said Cleaver.  “Even if there is an effort to hide their pro-choice position I’m not sure they will be successful. they are too far out front on that.”  See the Tribune coverage:  https://www.showmenews.com/2003/Jun/20030629News003.asp